nucleus
nuc
ˈnuk
nook
leus
liəs
liēs
/ˈnjuːkliəs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "nucleus"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āύāĻŋāωāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ, āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻž

(biology) the part of a cell that contains most of the genetic information
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The nucleus is surrounded by a double membrane called the nuclear envelope, which controls the passage of materials into and out of the nucleus.
āύāĻŋāωāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ āĻŽā§‡āĻŽāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āύ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϤ āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāωāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύāϭ⧇āϞāĻĒ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ, āϝāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāωāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ, āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ

a central or most important group within a larger organization, often responsible for leadership or key decisions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The political nucleus of the movement pushed for major reforms in the education system.
āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

the dense, positively charged core of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons and containing most of the atom's mass

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scientists studied how electrons orbit the atomic nucleus.
04

a distinct cluster of nerve cells within the brain or spinal cord that performs a specific function

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Damage to the caudate nucleus can affect movement control.
05

the dense central region of the eye's lens, surrounded by the softer cortex

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The surgeon carefully removed the hardened nucleus during the procedure.
06

āύāĻŋāωāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ, āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ

the central core of a comet, which is composed of ice, dust, and rocky materials
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The nucleus of a comet contains volatile substances that vaporize when the comet approaches the Sun, creating its characteristic tail.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧ⧂āĻŽāϕ⧇āϤ⧁āϰ āύāĻŋāωāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻž āϧ⧂āĻŽāϕ⧇āϤ⧁ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒā§€āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϞ⧇āϜ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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the central sound unit of a syllable, usually formed by a vowel or vowel-like element, around which other sounds cluster

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Every syllable must have a nucleus to be pronounceable.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

pronucleus
nucleus
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